. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 1388. B. rigHstTina. Apparently a fit associate for Ligustnum, Fontanesia, and Prinos. as 2. B. (? L.) ACUMINATA WUtcl. The acuminate- leaved Borya. Identification. Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. 711.; Ait. Hort. Kew,, ed. 2., vol, 5. Synonymes. Adfilia acuminata Michx, Fl. Bor. Atner. 2. p. 226.


. Trees and shrubs : an abridgment of the Arboretum et fruticetum britannicum : containing the hardy trees and schrubs of Britain, native and foreign, scientifically and popularly described : with their propagation, culture and uses and engravings of nearly all the species. Trees; Shrubs; Forests and forestry. 1388. B. rigHstTina. Apparently a fit associate for Ligustnum, Fontanesia, and Prinos. as 2. B. (? L.) ACUMINATA WUtcl. The acuminate- leaved Borya. Identification. Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. 711.; Ait. Hort. Kew,, ed. 2., vol, 5. Synonymes. Adfilia acuminata Michx, Fl. Bor. Atner. 2. p. 226. t. 48.; BigelLivi'a acuitiinJita Smith in Rees's Cyclop. Addenda. The Sexes. Uncertain whicli is in England. Engravings. Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer., 2. t. 28.; and oirefig. 1389. Spec. Char., Spc. Leaves mem- branous, lanceolate in almost a rhombic manner; but most tapered to the outward end; ]J in. long, serrulate. Male flowers several together in small sessile tufts, encompassed with several ovate bracteas. Fe- male flowers stalked, very small. Fruit pendulous, elliptic-oblong, nearly 1 in. long before it is ripe, tapered to the tip in a beak-like manner. It appears that the taper'lateral branches form something like thorns. (^Michx.) Carolina and Georgia. An erect shrub, on the banks of rivers. Height 3 ft. to 10 ft. Introd. 1812. Flowers greenish. The only diiFerence which we can observe between B. acuminata and B. /igustrina is, that the former has the leaves of a paler green, and much larger. The plant bears a general resemblance to a privet, or a large Persian lilac. a 3. B. (l.) porulo~sa Willd. The Vort-like-dotted-leaved Borya. Identification. Willd. Sp. PI., 4. p. 711.; Ait. Hort. Kew., ed. 2., vol. 5. Synonymes. Ad&lia porulbsa Michx. Fl. Bor. Amer. 2. p. 224.; Bigelt>vja porulbsa Smith in Rees's Cyclop. Addenda ; ? B. ovSta Lodd. Cat. ed. 183G. The Sexes. Uncertain which is in England. Engravings. Our fig. 1390. from a specimen in the British Museum, 13


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